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the globe described her as a remarkable sale woman. the london daily male claimed she was the best boost for womanhood since they invented lipstick, and another reporter had a warm feeling at the sight of mrs. nixon and mrs. brezhnev holding hands. patterned the respect and yacht tuesday some -- gratitude of some of the reporters. reporters had been forced to battle the soviet police who were guarding mrs. nixon. the situation came to a head on the third day of the visit as pat walked through the store, hundreds of people crammed onto ball con neys or stood in adjacent aisles to wave and catch a glimpse of her. reporters trying to cover the event found their views blocked by the soviet security detail. pushing became shoveing became fists flying through the air. pat saved one reporter from being man handled by the soviet officer by pulling the reporter to her and offering him a lick of her ice cream cone. her or obvious distress at the situation and her attempt to remedy it did much to win the open admiration of the reporters. and so w
the globe described her as a remarkable sale woman. the london daily male claimed she was the best boost for womanhood since they invented lipstick, and another reporter had a warm feeling at the sight of mrs. nixon and mrs. brezhnev holding hands. patterned the respect and yacht tuesday some -- gratitude of some of the reporters. reporters had been forced to battle the soviet police who were guarding mrs. nixon. the situation came to a head on the third day of the visit as pat walked through...
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as angry as she was, she liked thompson was able to convince herself. naughty and rebellious ms. fairfield first tried to be an actress which was a terrible thing for a respectable woman to do but early on, she realized that her true passion and the devotee was the spoken word coming and she became a feminist journalist as a tool for initiating social change. by the age of 20, she had earned a reputation as a serious problem assessed, and by the age of 30, she was not only a journalist, she was a literary biographer, and novelist and a literary critic with a scathing reputation for 40 years took britain by storm. her writing come across every genre from fiction to nonfiction and the range of her knowledge was light and deep. she can truly be called a public intellectual in the sense that lionel trilling defined it. one who's writing lives at the crossroads of literature, the bloody crossroads of literature and politics and those like thompson was among the very first to receive the oncoming danger of not see devastation although by nature she was more of a moral philosopher and i
as angry as she was, she liked thompson was able to convince herself. naughty and rebellious ms. fairfield first tried to be an actress which was a terrible thing for a respectable woman to do but early on, she realized that her true passion and the devotee was the spoken word coming and she became a feminist journalist as a tool for initiating social change. by the age of 20, she had earned a reputation as a serious problem assessed, and by the age of 30, she was not only a journalist, she was...
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she wanted to be a player, and she knew that as a woman she would have to fight harder, faster, and longer than her male colleagues. she would have government officials, prime ministers, presidents, and earned a reputation as a reporter willing to do anything, and go anywhere, for the sake of a story. thompson had the guts to ask the american public the questions they did not want to think about. mired in the delusion that they were protected from asian and european to mold by tuitions, americans preferred the roar and affluence of the 1920s, dancing and drinking themselves into oblivion. in 1933, after knocking at his door for seven years, thompson would become the first foreign correspondent, male or female, to interview hitler as he was gaining dominance in the reichstag, and ruthlessly cutting his way to public, to government control. her book, "i saw hitler," catapult her on the national stage and earned her the distinction of being thrown out of a nazi right. along with national celebrity and the total generation of her peers. but as thompson's influence grew, her voice echoed across
she wanted to be a player, and she knew that as a woman she would have to fight harder, faster, and longer than her male colleagues. she would have government officials, prime ministers, presidents, and earned a reputation as a reporter willing to do anything, and go anywhere, for the sake of a story. thompson had the guts to ask the american public the questions they did not want to think about. mired in the delusion that they were protected from asian and european to mold by tuitions,...
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the rich man's work and a poor man's fight really becomes the woman's fight as well. mayor of hull. woman stepped up. they start to reroute power. the victims of this powerful constituency. officials have to take account, and the spring of 63 there is a wave of food riots the start in atlanta. and for one month to more than a dozen food riots sweeping confederacy, armed bands of women numbering from a dozen for flintridge and 300 followed by a crowd of a thousand of the people. this is -- the press initially thinks it is a conspiracy. they have conspiracy theories. the union is preventing this. it is not. and in richmond and mayor indebted the women in municipal court and the records of their show one-woman organizes, called these women. being planned for ten days. call all these women to a public meeting in the baptist church, told them to come to the market the next morning, leave the children at home and to come armed. they did. they showed up the next morning and ripped up the wharf and warehouses. for one month the confederacy, davis tried to stop the telegraph line. it got out
the rich man's work and a poor man's fight really becomes the woman's fight as well. mayor of hull. woman stepped up. they start to reroute power. the victims of this powerful constituency. officials have to take account, and the spring of 63 there is a wave of food riots the start in atlanta. and for one month to more than a dozen food riots sweeping confederacy, armed bands of women numbering from a dozen for flintridge and 300 followed by a crowd of a thousand of the people. this is -- the...
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she met the indian woman the traveling she did as a first and second lady was the best part of her job as a political wife. second, not the wife of an ambassador or statesmen but a young woman who had come to the united states to see this second lady then to study. she treated everyone she met as a favor the most important person in the world. they responded to her sincerity. third, issues happiest in her role if she could take action. the cajuns' the nixons' wrapped was not that long negative important at that moment as getting this cast a seat at the presidential dinner. it is a small act but left a lasting impression on the indian woman and the woman at the table where she was seated. that is how we know through a letter someone responded and wrote to pat later. on occasion she was proud of her work to help raise funds for the party and demitasses were frustrating and mind-numbing. she expressed the jealousy of her friends entering the workforce at the end of the first term. i would like to do part-time work not with all of this unexpected to do. meeting famous men and women and tho
she met the indian woman the traveling she did as a first and second lady was the best part of her job as a political wife. second, not the wife of an ambassador or statesmen but a young woman who had come to the united states to see this second lady then to study. she treated everyone she met as a favor the most important person in the world. they responded to her sincerity. third, issues happiest in her role if she could take action. the cajuns' the nixons' wrapped was not that long negative...
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as the woman said when the puppy dog her face. [laughter] now thought i am a biographer and i come to that, there is little i can do. there was perhaps only one bed but this may have changed by the time all over window homes went up there. we have no evidence what happened after that and as regards to the puppy dog, perhaps if you are a biographer who can take freud and read it carefully and say this remark is interesting of james. what an odd thing for him to say to her but there again perhaps it may have been a joke they have between them. a biographer has to be very very careful with that. don't judge that. don't go in and say all right i think i know what happened when he arrived. only one that. perhaps -- but if you are me and your novelists you suddenly realize, look what i have now. i have you no -- [laughter] so in a way there is that difference and so the idea of evidence for a biographer something that you have to be careful with them but for a second source for, analyze constantly remain sane, sober and serious in the r
as the woman said when the puppy dog her face. [laughter] now thought i am a biographer and i come to that, there is little i can do. there was perhaps only one bed but this may have changed by the time all over window homes went up there. we have no evidence what happened after that and as regards to the puppy dog, perhaps if you are a biographer who can take freud and read it carefully and say this remark is interesting of james. what an odd thing for him to say to her but there again perhaps...
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identified -- excuse me in the photograph you see before you only as a washer woman who worked for the union army in virginia, tasks of all kinds of the union war earth in exchange for sanction ware from their owners. lincoln thus came to recognize this reality and he changed course. and so as you know, he issued his emancipation proclamation. the relimb their one in 1862 and final january 1st 1863. declaring all slaves to be legally free in the confederacy. lincoln's attitude toward black men serving in uniform changed under the same pressure. during the first phase of the war within the government categoryically rebuffed all attempts by black men to join the fight. to join union armies. on this question, the need for more soldiers to fight the war proved decisive under the pressure of the necessity, union policy evolved. it evolved from adamantly excluding blacks in 1861 and 18 62 to recruiting them as soldiers in 1863. by the end of the war, some 200,000 black soldiers and sailors had served in the union. and union policy forward those soldiers and sailors changed too. first they we
identified -- excuse me in the photograph you see before you only as a washer woman who worked for the union army in virginia, tasks of all kinds of the union war earth in exchange for sanction ware from their owners. lincoln thus came to recognize this reality and he changed course. and so as you know, he issued his emancipation proclamation. the relimb their one in 1862 and final january 1st 1863. declaring all slaves to be legally free in the confederacy. lincoln's attitude toward black men...
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as the woman said when the puppy dogs licked her face. if i am a biographer and i come to that, there is very little i can do. there was perhaps -- may be changed by the time oliver wendell holmes went up there with no evidence of what happened after that as regards to the puppy dog. if you are the sort of of biographer who can take sigmund freud and read carefully this remark, very interesting, what an odd thing to say. perhaps they were being playful. maybe it was a joke they had between them. of biography has to be careful with that. don't judge that. i think i know what happened when he arrived, only one bed or perhaps -- if you army and you are a novelist you realize oh, look what i have now. in away there is that difference. the idea of evidence for a biographer is something you have to be careful with, analyze competently, remain sane, sober, serious, and you are not actually pushing the fact where they might go if you are a novelist, i trust you to pick up the ball will go into puppy dog and see where the puppy dog will take you a
as the woman said when the puppy dogs licked her face. if i am a biographer and i come to that, there is very little i can do. there was perhaps -- may be changed by the time oliver wendell holmes went up there with no evidence of what happened after that as regards to the puppy dog. if you are the sort of of biographer who can take sigmund freud and read carefully this remark, very interesting, what an odd thing to say. perhaps they were being playful. maybe it was a joke they had between...
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i didn't run as a woman's candidate at all. the issues were people's issues, and in some families, women do the books and keep track, and so they are very focused on pocketbook issues, very focused on wages, a great example in new hampshire, equal wages, that's a community issue. 50,000 women are single head of households. there's no other money coming into the household. ten thousand ever those families live in poverty. pay each woman for a dollar's work instead of 73 cents, we can bring all those kids up, and i think that's -- [applause] >> well said. >> so they were -- for me, for me, they were, and for the voters with me, they were very much community issues. it was not male or female. men would come up to me and say, thank you for defending my spouse's right to equal wages. who in this economiments to take home 73 cents from the dollar? >> that's one of the important things to remember about this election is that even though we've elected a number of women in new hampshire to lead this state, the fact is the opportunity --
i didn't run as a woman's candidate at all. the issues were people's issues, and in some families, women do the books and keep track, and so they are very focused on pocketbook issues, very focused on wages, a great example in new hampshire, equal wages, that's a community issue. 50,000 women are single head of households. there's no other money coming into the household. ten thousand ever those families live in poverty. pay each woman for a dollar's work instead of 73 cents, we can bring all...
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a wise latino woman. when i heard that i felt there was more to this story. [cheers and applause] i that there was more behind it. what can you share with us? >> there has been many misunderstandings about the phrase with the article i wrote. what people didn't appreciate is where i came from. where i came from was being a person who sometimes look down upon by the larger society. people talk about latinos like illegals. i don't use that term. some are undocumented but illegal aliens sounds like we are all drug addicts. murders. yes, it breaks the law to be undocumented, but there are different kinds of crimes and some are worse than others and white-collar crime is different than the negative images people portray on latinos. and i have always wanted to convey that we should take enormous pride that we could be what i am, a very proud american with a latina heart and soul and i did not have to apologize to anybody for anything. but to use the phrase superiority but it was to convey a e. quality because s
a wise latino woman. when i heard that i felt there was more to this story. [cheers and applause] i that there was more behind it. what can you share with us? >> there has been many misunderstandings about the phrase with the article i wrote. what people didn't appreciate is where i came from. where i came from was being a person who sometimes look down upon by the larger society. people talk about latinos like illegals. i don't use that term. some are undocumented but illegal aliens...
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the room may also have experienced this, but sometimes being a con e servetive campus activist, even as a woman feels a lonely thing confronted with feminists around you, and for some reasons, it's like women need an extra push. i wonder if there's words of support or encouragement to offer to women here and those watching. >> absolutely. women do need to have the extra push. when i was elected -- some women, not all of them. when i was elected chairman of the republican party of virginia, i didn't think anything of being the first woman. i really didn't. that's rude of me. i didn't think anything. whatever. the media went nuts, of course, and when i was called "chairman," they thought it appalling. i went around the state, met with the tour, getting to know you, and everywhere i went, women came up to me, literally in tears saying, "i never thought i would see the day when a woman was chairman of the republican party of viers." completely changed my thinking about women in leadership roles, women standing up for what they believe in, and i realize sometimes we, women, need an extra pus
the room may also have experienced this, but sometimes being a con e servetive campus activist, even as a woman feels a lonely thing confronted with feminists around you, and for some reasons, it's like women need an extra push. i wonder if there's words of support or encouragement to offer to women here and those watching. >> absolutely. women do need to have the extra push. when i was elected -- some women, not all of them. when i was elected chairman of the republican party of...
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she was the first woman to serve as the state's attorney general. please welcome u.s. senator kelly ayotte. [applause] she was the first new hampshire woman elected to congress in 2006. please join me in welcoming representative-elect carol shea-porter. [applause] and our newly-elected official representing new hampshire's 2nd district, representative-elect ann mclane custer. ms. . [applause] and finally this morning, the new governor for the state of new hampshire, please, join me in welcoming governor-elect maggie hassan. [cheers and applause] >> welcome, welcome, welcome. so exciting. thank you all so much for coming out. excuse my back. good morning, gayle. good to see you. [laughter] so great to see all of you this morning. and thank you so much, really appreciate it. good morning. we have a lot to talk about this morning, and in my world never enough time. i'm sure yours as well. so i think i'm just going to just jump right in. i hope we can have a great, well-rounded conversation to take us to around 9:15, 9:20 or so. l the first question i actually want to ask
she was the first woman to serve as the state's attorney general. please welcome u.s. senator kelly ayotte. [applause] she was the first new hampshire woman elected to congress in 2006. please join me in welcoming representative-elect carol shea-porter. [applause] and our newly-elected official representing new hampshire's 2nd district, representative-elect ann mclane custer. ms. . [applause] and finally this morning, the new governor for the state of new hampshire, please, join me in welcoming...
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a woman soldier and the story of an iraqi civilian woman. they meet at a checkpoint, and they begin to interact. this is based on things that my soldiers had experienced. and so that you get to see the war from both the iraqi and the american point of view, but told through the eyes of women which is a rare way to tell stories of war. >> host: when you look back at the media coverage of the iraq war and currently the afghanistan war, do you feel that it's been fair? do you think it's been comprehensive? >> guest: um, it depends which nation's media you're asking about. >> host: u.s.? >> guest: um, i think we did a very bad job at the beginning of the war as has been universeally acknowledged. we were too blinded by our reactions to 9/11, and we did not face, we did not question the reasons for going into iraq enough. we accepted at face value the things we were told. we did not dig deep enough, and we have persisted in ignoring the iraqi side to a quite shocking degree. in fact, to find out what was really going on in iraq during the war, i
a woman soldier and the story of an iraqi civilian woman. they meet at a checkpoint, and they begin to interact. this is based on things that my soldiers had experienced. and so that you get to see the war from both the iraqi and the american point of view, but told through the eyes of women which is a rare way to tell stories of war. >> host: when you look back at the media coverage of the iraq war and currently the afghanistan war, do you feel that it's been fair? do you think it's been...
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i'm here to tell you, sometimes of a mistress as well. it's in the news today as we take this program. dominating the headlines with his alleged affair and is this behavior to be related to the book, what my first thought was during world war ii general eisenhower was having a long-term affair with an attractive young british driver name case some speed. pant with general hires a young female model to be his aide instead of a major error captain or medal winner? imagine if his affair with kayseven speech came after world war ii. as happened with patraeus, what happened if he get rid of bike before d-day? his personal aide and secretary and cut and dresser and a dresser apparently. what if we found out about fdr and is this behavior and what if we threw him out of office and demanded his resignation as the economy was recovered? all the way back to the french and indian war, a very young george washington was riding very romantic letters to a woman who was not mrs. washington. her name was sally terry fairfax, very attractive, older, sophi
i'm here to tell you, sometimes of a mistress as well. it's in the news today as we take this program. dominating the headlines with his alleged affair and is this behavior to be related to the book, what my first thought was during world war ii general eisenhower was having a long-term affair with an attractive young british driver name case some speed. pant with general hires a young female model to be his aide instead of a major error captain or medal winner? imagine if his affair with...
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identified, excuse me, in the photograph you see before you only as a washer woman who worked for the union army in virginia. tasks of all kind for the union war effort in many exchange for sanctuary from their owners. lincoln thus came to recognize this reality, and he changed course. and so as you know, he issued his emancipation proclamations, the preliminary one in 1862 and the final one on january 1st of 1863 declaring all slaves this the confederacy to be legally free. lincoln's attitude toward black men serve anything uniform changed under the same pressure. during the first phase of the war, his government categorically rebuffed all attempts by black men to join the fight, to join union armies. but on this question, too, military necessity -- the news for more or soldier -- the need for more soldiers to fight the war ultimately proved more decisive. union policy evolved. it evolved from adamantly excluding blacks in 1861 and 1862 to then recruiting them as soldiers in 1863. and by the end of the war, some 200,000 black soldiers and sailors had served in the union cause. and un
identified, excuse me, in the photograph you see before you only as a washer woman who worked for the union army in virginia. tasks of all kind for the union war effort in many exchange for sanctuary from their owners. lincoln thus came to recognize this reality, and he changed course. and so as you know, he issued his emancipation proclamations, the preliminary one in 1862 and the final one on january 1st of 1863 declaring all slaves this the confederacy to be legally free. lincoln's attitude...
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i tell you what, my -- [inaudible] there's no such thing in my family as a woman older than me. i don't believe it. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] >> well, how are you, bud? >> i'm his son. >> good to see you. >> i'm the brother. >> i tell you what, great to see you. allall right. you can stay right -- that's all right, man, just don't tell bob byrd's ghost. [laughter] >> never happen. >> could you all -- >> never happened. [inaudible conversations] >> hiding a little munch kin. be. >> don't hide. >> she's the star. >> congratulations u everybody. enjoy the day. >> thank you. >> enjoy the day. >> thank you again for your service. >> you're welcome. [inaudible conversations] >> thanks again. oh, thank you. he and i go back, actually -- [inaudible] do you know this man? [laughter] >> i've been here for 200 years. [laughter] okay, you stand right there in the middle. you see, this is my -- [inaudible] can you put that in for me? >> i can. >> i'll have to tell you a story about -- [inaudible conversations] [laughter] just plain old nuts and bolts. all right. if you will place
i tell you what, my -- [inaudible] there's no such thing in my family as a woman older than me. i don't believe it. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] >> well, how are you, bud? >> i'm his son. >> good to see you. >> i'm the brother. >> i tell you what, great to see you. allall right. you can stay right -- that's all right, man, just don't tell bob byrd's ghost. [laughter] >> never happen. >> could you all -- >> never happened. [inaudible...
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i don't think any woman last as long as i did in that job. when i got that note and saw how much less and calculating liar over time and retirement, i wasn't even in the ballpark. i was in a different game to tell you the truth. divided in close it would have been okay because they did the change to the pay for performance. every which way they wanted to give the money out basically. i did not know. i did not know or i would have filed a charge i can tell you. i filed a charge in the 80s to get my job back and keep from losing the job i had. that is our record too and is mentioned in the book as well. i knew the system. i knew where to go and how to file a charge and worked for h&r block and those people and locations. >> this question is for lanier scott isom. can you go through the process of you with lilly ledbetter linking up and how many pages of notes you have from her? >> thousands. thousands. i met lilly ledbetter right after the bill was signed when there was a profile for statewide magazine. when she decided she wanted to do a book,
i don't think any woman last as long as i did in that job. when i got that note and saw how much less and calculating liar over time and retirement, i wasn't even in the ballpark. i was in a different game to tell you the truth. divided in close it would have been okay because they did the change to the pay for performance. every which way they wanted to give the money out basically. i did not know. i did not know or i would have filed a charge i can tell you. i filed a charge in the 80s to get...
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a professional woman, and i don't mean agriculture as the oldest profession. an occupation that predated record to viral culture. will we have pieced together is lincoln visited a prostitute and had maybe $3 within, which was a lot of money cannot eliot spitzer money, but a pretty fair amount of money. the prostitute apparently charges lincoln five bucks, which was an enormous amount of money. so lincoln says to workman, have to tell you to my cannot afford it. i only have three. she knows steve, so there's a possibility that he can bear when he gets the money. he doesn't have it. what we know is because linking get embarrassed or his honor at the best offense, but when she said to lincoln, you can pay me later or maybe as was announced, he ran out the door. so they say when you visit a prostitute there should always be a happy ending, this is not for personal experience, by the way, but in this case it was not a happy ending. even abraham lincoln. what i thought i would do for the main body of my remarks today is tell you just a couple of my favorite stories,
a professional woman, and i don't mean agriculture as the oldest profession. an occupation that predated record to viral culture. will we have pieced together is lincoln visited a prostitute and had maybe $3 within, which was a lot of money cannot eliot spitzer money, but a pretty fair amount of money. the prostitute apparently charges lincoln five bucks, which was an enormous amount of money. so lincoln says to workman, have to tell you to my cannot afford it. i only have three. she knows...
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about a woman who met graham greene once, instantly took him as the beacon, a light and started praying to him and sending him letters and kissing letters before sending them to him and spending more time thinking about him than her own friends and family. so both of them were positioning themselves in a different way inevitably because of that difference in gender. is the attractive to me, am i attracted to him? you or i might not think that way. it is a different ball game. >> i want to mention that stay till next weekend. there is a glorious lineup of female on a biographer's and two biographers, one male and one female but also wonderful rider, linda mcgordon who has written about modesty and the women in henry james's life but also virginia woolf, emily dickinson, and more coming. and your turn, about sort of boy games to girl games, gender games in this landscape of biography. >> two things. lady gregory, i wrote a short book about lady gregory who was born in 1854 or 1852 and died in 1932. she is best known living in the shadow of the poet w. b. gates and being founder of the the
about a woman who met graham greene once, instantly took him as the beacon, a light and started praying to him and sending him letters and kissing letters before sending them to him and spending more time thinking about him than her own friends and family. so both of them were positioning themselves in a different way inevitably because of that difference in gender. is the attractive to me, am i attracted to him? you or i might not think that way. it is a different ball game. >> i want to...
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appointment as the first hispanic and third woman to sit on the high court. this is about an hour 20. >> greetings. [applause] who is launching her first book, emma mark called "my beloved world." please turn off your cell phones and video taping is not a no. if -- are led to kick you out like a supreme court justice at a senate hearing committee. [laughter] the beautiful flowers on stage or flowers -- puerto rico. [applause] puerto rico the roots of sonia sotomayor's family. and theorems ginger and chocolate gold foliage. and thank you c-span booktv. we here in houston texas at the wortham center welcome you and our friends across the -- for joining us. [applause] i am excited that mayor denise parker and cathy hubbard are with us tonight. [applause] denise parker is one of my heroes and one of my favorite people and a terrific mayor. please stand mayor parker and first lady cathy hubbard. [applause] you can see past presentations on our web site such as jane goodall, bill moyers and supreme court justice john paul stevens. just go to our web site at houston
appointment as the first hispanic and third woman to sit on the high court. this is about an hour 20. >> greetings. [applause] who is launching her first book, emma mark called "my beloved world." please turn off your cell phones and video taping is not a no. if -- are led to kick you out like a supreme court justice at a senate hearing committee. [laughter] the beautiful flowers on stage or flowers -- puerto rico. [applause] puerto rico the roots of sonia sotomayor's family....
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what general hires a woman to be his maid. imagine if eisenhower's affair with kate somersby came out in world war ii, and as happened to pet at any rate, what would happen if we got rid of ike before d-day. during the depression, franklin roosevelt was having affairs. his personal aide and secretary and cook and dresser, and undresser, apparently, too. what if we found out about fdr's misbehavior and if we threw him out of office, and demanded his resignation, as the economy is recovering? all the way back to the french and indian war. a very young george washington was writing very romantic letters to a woman who was not mrs. washington. her name was sally fairfax. a very attractive, older, sophisticated neighbor. what if washington's letters had become public during the french and unanimous war or the revolutionary war? much as petraeus' e-mails became public? and what if we got rid of george washington? so bill clinton is not the first and not the worst. petraeus is not the first and not the worst. been there done that. th
what general hires a woman to be his maid. imagine if eisenhower's affair with kate somersby came out in world war ii, and as happened to pet at any rate, what would happen if we got rid of ike before d-day. during the depression, franklin roosevelt was having affairs. his personal aide and secretary and cook and dresser, and undresser, apparently, too. what if we found out about fdr's misbehavior and if we threw him out of office, and demanded his resignation, as the economy is recovering? all...
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i was also very, very close to my grandmother who as a woman had to be a saint, because she taught me to read when i was 2, and she was fascinated by the civil war. i can't really explain why. our family wasn't in the united states yet, so it wasn't a genealogical kind of connection exactly, but she was. and anything about her, well, i was going to be just like her. so i became very interested in the civil war pretty young. i was probably 8 or 9 when i read the life of billy yank by belle wile ri, and one was written in 952. and they are very descriptive books about civil war soldiers. if you want to know what a soldier wore or what the buttons on his uniform looked like or what kinds of practical jokes he played on his friends, where he marched, if you want to know anything about his daily life, those are just -- they will never be sur passed. -- surpassed. and i read those quite young, and the bug bit then. so i've been interested for a very long time. here at georgetown i teach 19th century u.s. history generally, but i do teach a class on civil war and reconstruction, and i call i
i was also very, very close to my grandmother who as a woman had to be a saint, because she taught me to read when i was 2, and she was fascinated by the civil war. i can't really explain why. our family wasn't in the united states yet, so it wasn't a genealogical kind of connection exactly, but she was. and anything about her, well, i was going to be just like her. so i became very interested in the civil war pretty young. i was probably 8 or 9 when i read the life of billy yank by belle wile...
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as a young woman she developed a love for children and later became involved in so many organizations that cared for their health and education and well-being. adele never lost faith in the potential of a young person's life. one of her greatest passions was working with children at mercy children's hospital. adele served as chairman of the board there and together with the help of professional golfer tom watson, she established the children's mercy golf classic, which over a quarter of a century h's raised more than $10 million for children's mehr six -- children's mercy. adele also used her expertise to bless children nationwide through her work as a member of the national commission for children. those boards and that service was important to her, but it was always the personal touch, not just serving on a board and making decisions about a hospital or the children it cared for but personally caring for the children in the hospital. her actions were guided by a belief in the value of each and every individual. she lived out that biblical teaching "love your neighbor as yourself" th
as a young woman she developed a love for children and later became involved in so many organizations that cared for their health and education and well-being. adele never lost faith in the potential of a young person's life. one of her greatest passions was working with children at mercy children's hospital. adele served as chairman of the board there and together with the help of professional golfer tom watson, she established the children's mercy golf classic, which over a quarter of a...
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sonia sotomayor recounts her journey from her childhood to her appointment as the first hispanic woman to sit on the supreme court in "my beloved world." in "the freedom answer book," judge andrew napolitano argues the government is jeopardizing people's rights and presents his thoughts on how they can be protected. former democratic congressman tom allen writes about the legislative deadlocks and partisanship in congress in "dangerous convictions: what's really wrong with the u.s. congress." in "good prose, the art of nonfiction," pulitzer prize-winning author tracy kidder and richard todd recount their working relationship and offer advice on writing essays, narratives and memoirs. nick terse, managing editor for tom dispatch.com, reports on war crimes in the vietnam war in "kill anything that moves. the real american war in seat yam." look for these titles in the coming week and watch for these authors on booktv and on booktv.org. >> we're here with author and journalist fergus bordewich. >> most people have only the vaguest recollection from perhaps junior high school school say th
sonia sotomayor recounts her journey from her childhood to her appointment as the first hispanic woman to sit on the supreme court in "my beloved world." in "the freedom answer book," judge andrew napolitano argues the government is jeopardizing people's rights and presents his thoughts on how they can be protected. former democratic congressman tom allen writes about the legislative deadlocks and partisanship in congress in "dangerous convictions: what's really wrong...
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this is not part of my minutes, but i'm helping as any woman would do for another sister. at this time, the chair, the only chair, would accept a motion to suspend the rules and elect congresswoman wasserman-schulz by acclamation. hallelujah. so moved. all those in favor -- is there a second? i heard it through the grapevine. all in favor signify by saying, aye. all those opposed? good. that sounded unanimous to me. ladies and gentlemen, fellow democrat, it gives me great pleasure, please help me congratulate our reelected chair to the democratic national committee, congresswoman wasserman-schuz, and it's my pleasure again to turn the meeting back to our fearless leader, congresswoman, who can conduct the rest of this meeting. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much. [applause] thank you so much. thank you, all, so much. donna, thank you so much for preaching the democratic party gospel and talking about our values and what this election means, not just for democrats, but for america. thank you, all, so much for being here today, for recommitting yourselves as democrats
this is not part of my minutes, but i'm helping as any woman would do for another sister. at this time, the chair, the only chair, would accept a motion to suspend the rules and elect congresswoman wasserman-schulz by acclamation. hallelujah. so moved. all those in favor -- is there a second? i heard it through the grapevine. all in favor signify by saying, aye. all those opposed? good. that sounded unanimous to me. ladies and gentlemen, fellow democrat, it gives me great pleasure, please help...
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and, as a matter of fact, is married to a vietnamese woman. when i called him when i was doing the book, he had kept everything -- all the records, all the cable traffic, the telex traffic, all kinds of stuff. the one thing he said, which i think explains it, "we've got to get this right. we've got to get it right." i at one point had said to him, "you wrote a lot to new york and there was a lot of letter traffic, as well as private letter traffic, back-channel stuff." he said, "yes." i said, "do you still have any of that?" he said, "yes." i said, "is any of it about me?" and he said, "yes." i said, "do you think maybe i can have a peek at that?" he said, "yes," and laughed like mad and sent me a whole bunch of stuff. i think that shows a lot of faith. c-span: i moved off the sex too fast because there was something i wanted to ask. you went after ap's george macarthur. you said some strong things -- hard-drinking, uncontested womanizing champ of the orient. >> guest: but this is part of the -- the war zones are great, especially saigon, of c
and, as a matter of fact, is married to a vietnamese woman. when i called him when i was doing the book, he had kept everything -- all the records, all the cable traffic, the telex traffic, all kinds of stuff. the one thing he said, which i think explains it, "we've got to get this right. we've got to get it right." i at one point had said to him, "you wrote a lot to new york and there was a lot of letter traffic, as well as private letter traffic, back-channel stuff." he...
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as any good woman would do for another sister. [laughter] so at this time, the chair would suspect the motion to suspend the rules and let congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz as chair of committee by acclamation. >> so moved! >> hallelujah, so moved. all those in favor signify by saying aye. >> aye! >> all those opposed? good. that sounded pretty unanimous to me. ladies and gentlemen, fellow democrats, it gives me great pleasure. please help me congratulate our reelected chair of the democratic national committee, congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz! [cheers and applause] it is my pleasure again to turn the meeting back to our fearless leader, debbie wasserman-schultz, to conduct the rest of this meeting. so moved, hallelujah! [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much. thank you all. so much. donna, thank you so much for preaching -- [laughter] the democratic party gospel. and talking about our values and what this election means not just for democrats, but for america. and thank you all so much for being here today, for re
as any good woman would do for another sister. [laughter] so at this time, the chair would suspect the motion to suspend the rules and let congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz as chair of committee by acclamation. >> so moved! >> hallelujah, so moved. all those in favor signify by saying aye. >> aye! >> all those opposed? good. that sounded pretty unanimous to me. ladies and gentlemen, fellow democrats, it gives me great pleasure. please help me congratulate our...
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during the friendship, speakers using services of a professional woman. you imagine lincoln upstairs with a pillow over his head trying to mind his own business as speed is doing his business. he basically says that after the woman. it's been too long. on the abraham lincoln would do this. it appears i cannot speak for a letter of introduction. with a professional women. i don't mean agriculture appeared as an occupation that predated our culture. what we have pieced together as lincoln visited the and had maybe $3 with him, which was a lot of money. not eliot spitzer money, but a fair amount of money. he turns lincoln five bucks, which was an enormous amount of money. so lincoln says name, i have to tell you, i can't afford it. i have had $3. she does speed, so there's a possibility comparing it to money. what we know this because lincoln either that in various for his honor at the best of them, for which he said he can pay me later i may be different from the house, lincoln ran out the door. so they say when you visit a there should be a happy ending. t
during the friendship, speakers using services of a professional woman. you imagine lincoln upstairs with a pillow over his head trying to mind his own business as speed is doing his business. he basically says that after the woman. it's been too long. on the abraham lincoln would do this. it appears i cannot speak for a letter of introduction. with a professional women. i don't mean agriculture appeared as an occupation that predated our culture. what we have pieced together as lincoln visited...
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as one woman in milwaukee told us, i feel like i'm just one big crisis away from utter devastation. and she is not alone. according to our new middle-class tracking index, the percentage of those in the middle-class who felt the secure drop from 26% to 15%, from 2004 to 2010. and the numbers were even lower for african-american and hispanic middle income families, only 10 and 11%, respectively. so how do middle-class families cope? well, they typically do three things. one, at least one and often both wage earners work longer and delay their retirement. and many of already retired end up owing back to work. two, drastically reduce their standard of living and rely on more government programs to help them make ends meet. or they take on more debt, borrowing against their home, 401(k), running up credit card balances, taking out loans and borrowing from family members here as a result, the death of middle-class some states increased nearly 300%. over the past decade. from a watch, a prime example, 62 and married, and five years ago he lost a job, found work but lost that job last mont
as one woman in milwaukee told us, i feel like i'm just one big crisis away from utter devastation. and she is not alone. according to our new middle-class tracking index, the percentage of those in the middle-class who felt the secure drop from 26% to 15%, from 2004 to 2010. and the numbers were even lower for african-american and hispanic middle income families, only 10 and 11%, respectively. so how do middle-class families cope? well, they typically do three things. one, at least one and...
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a woman from california had an identical advanced degree as her husband. she landed the exact same job as her husband but at different work sites. the woman's husband was offered $5,000 more in starting salary for the same job with the exact same resume. a health care worker in long island discovered she had been earning $10 an hour less than her male colleagues with the same experience. when she brought this up to her superior, she was reprimanded, reprimanded for asking about the wage gap. that goes to what senator mikulski said. imagine the nerve of someone finding out they were paid $10 an hour less and trying to find out about why, and for that she is reprimanded, put in her place. then a female employee for a major corporation in florida was told when she was hired that if she disclosed her salary to other workers, that would be grounds for dismissal. she soon realized that her male counterparts made more than she did, but she didn't have any written proof. a fellow female employee at the company was told that because her husband picked her up from w
a woman from california had an identical advanced degree as her husband. she landed the exact same job as her husband but at different work sites. the woman's husband was offered $5,000 more in starting salary for the same job with the exact same resume. a health care worker in long island discovered she had been earning $10 an hour less than her male colleagues with the same experience. when she brought this up to her superior, she was reprimanded, reprimanded for asking about the wage gap....
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as a woman and as imam, thank you so much for being a role model for women, not only in the united states but all throughout the world. thank you for your compassion. i'm curious, in the past week we have seen the french respond decisively to a situation in mali. the african union has fond well in somalia. do you see this as an advancement of multilateralism in combating islamist extremism in the middle east, and africa? and what more ca can you ask frm allies in that area? >> well, congratulations. that's an excellent question because i think that's exactly what we are coping with right now is i'm very proud of the work we did with african nations to stand up financially support and training the amazon forest that has driven al-shabaab out of the dominant position that it had. that meant putting american trainers, working with troops in uganda, djibouti, eventually kenya, advising some other country that were willing to put in assets. it took money. it took time. we just recognize the new somali government which could never have been possible without american support and multilateralism.
as a woman and as imam, thank you so much for being a role model for women, not only in the united states but all throughout the world. thank you for your compassion. i'm curious, in the past week we have seen the french respond decisively to a situation in mali. the african union has fond well in somalia. do you see this as an advancement of multilateralism in combating islamist extremism in the middle east, and africa? and what more ca can you ask frm allies in that area? >> well,...
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the idea that the good wife is the one who does his military duty and the woman stands by him as he does it. okay? that kind of work which happens in the media and government, that happens in the prewar time. for any of you that are interested in historical research, to look at the violence. that means you always have to ask about women in different social classes and different countries about women in different ethnic groups and racialized groups and those who treat women who as if they are monolithic. but they have been pressured to take on these ideas of the beautiful daughter and the good wife and a patriotic mother. it's interesting from what we know from a number of societies. so that if you look at the outbreak of the war in 1991 and 1992 ,-com,-com ma one of the things that would strike you as the number of woman who said that they would resist being the good mother by encouraging their sons to become an increasingly chauvinistic agenda. so it doesn't mean that exactly, who felt complimented. who fell for the first time that they were a part of something bigger than the one just
the idea that the good wife is the one who does his military duty and the woman stands by him as he does it. okay? that kind of work which happens in the media and government, that happens in the prewar time. for any of you that are interested in historical research, to look at the violence. that means you always have to ask about women in different social classes and different countries about women in different ethnic groups and racialized groups and those who treat women who as if they are...
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and i wondered, as i began to look into her life, what would compel this woman in her 50s leading a very comfortable life to become so passionately involved in resurrecting a devastated village. well, rewind when she was eight years old, the village into wish she had been born, skinnerville, was destroyed in the flood and never rebuilt. so i begin to research the flood as an inroad into belle trendiest story. but as i begin to learn more about the flood, suddenly william skinner who had until that point been unknown to me began to come alive because he was so alive in the historical record. he was such a central figure in the disaster that the papers followed his every move, and as i'm reading the papers suddenly i am following his every move. and i knew how his story ended. he became a success. but as i learned about the extraordinary loss he suffered and what it took to get over that and to come back from that, i became incredibly impressive what he had been able to achieve. his story is one of resiliency. never give up. obstacles are opportunities. for every problem there is a creativ
and i wondered, as i began to look into her life, what would compel this woman in her 50s leading a very comfortable life to become so passionately involved in resurrecting a devastated village. well, rewind when she was eight years old, the village into wish she had been born, skinnerville, was destroyed in the flood and never rebuilt. so i begin to research the flood as an inroad into belle trendiest story. but as i begin to learn more about the flood, suddenly william skinner who had until...
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she was the first woman service the as the state's attorney general. please welcome that u.s. senator kelley ayotte. [applause] max, she was the first to hampshire one minute to congress in 2006. please join me in welcoming, representative elect, carol shea-porter. [applause] and are nearly alike did official representing new hampshire's second district, representative elect, ann mclane kuster and finally, the new governor for the state new hampshire, please join me in welcoming governor elect, maggie hassan. [applause] >> welcome, welcome, welcome. so exciting. excuse my back. good morning. so great to see all of you this morning and thank you so much. we really appreciate it. good morning. we have a lot to talk about this morning and in my world, never enough time. i'm sure yours as well. i think i'll just jump right in. i hope we can have a group on a conversation to take us around 9:15, 920 or so. the first question i want to ask you a sense he talked about the day after the election, people over the united states been so profoundly excited celebrating this historic moment
she was the first woman service the as the state's attorney general. please welcome that u.s. senator kelley ayotte. [applause] max, she was the first to hampshire one minute to congress in 2006. please join me in welcoming, representative elect, carol shea-porter. [applause] and are nearly alike did official representing new hampshire's second district, representative elect, ann mclane kuster and finally, the new governor for the state new hampshire, please join me in welcoming governor elect,...
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she was a disciplined woman, and i think that stands out as women made choices even right through to the '70s. they made choices that accommodate family and other pursuit in their life. she had one driving passion in her life, it was her art. >> the georgia museum one of the place you'll see this weekend as booktv, american history tv, and c-span's local content vehicles look behind the scene at the history and literary life of santa fe. sand at noon eastern on c-span2 booktv and sunday at 5:00 on american history tv on c-span3. [inaudible] can't you give them -- [inaudible] lby is and chief congressional aid strategize on the president's civil rights agenda saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern. today john kerry gave the senate farewell speech. reflected on the 28-year career representing massachusetts as a u.s. senator. the senator confirmed john kerry's secretary of state nomination on tuesday in a 94-3 vote. >> i want to begin by thanking my colleagues, all of them for their unbelievable belie generous comments to me personally in the committee and on the floor and in the halls and in me
she was a disciplined woman, and i think that stands out as women made choices even right through to the '70s. they made choices that accommodate family and other pursuit in their life. she had one driving passion in her life, it was her art. >> the georgia museum one of the place you'll see this weekend as booktv, american history tv, and c-span's local content vehicles look behind the scene at the history and literary life of santa fe. sand at noon eastern on c-span2 booktv and sunday...
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that woman will never get over what happened. these five incredible young men or women will never be. we think -- we know it in our hearts but it doesn't factor into the intellectual decision, i think. >> very well put. just going to say that i'd like to echo just a little built -- a little bit of that and the separation of the military and the civilian populace is something i talk about with veteran groups. it doesn't -- military side, if you don't live in north carolina or texas or southern california, you just don't see people in uniform. me growing up in buffalo, new york, about i got my rotc scholarship in 1995. that was a very different culture and time. it's not that long ago. but it's 9/11 did change so many things, and i thought i wanted to be an astronaut. i thought i was going to do all these other things, but i went to eod school between invasions of afghanistan and iraq, and i knew exactly what i was signing up for, and i wanted to do it anyway, and that would make me the same as young men between the age of 16 and 3
that woman will never get over what happened. these five incredible young men or women will never be. we think -- we know it in our hearts but it doesn't factor into the intellectual decision, i think. >> very well put. just going to say that i'd like to echo just a little built -- a little bit of that and the separation of the military and the civilian populace is something i talk about with veteran groups. it doesn't -- military side, if you don't live in north carolina or texas or...
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others suggested he felt love with yet another woman. while that may never be possible to know exactly what was going on in his head, i would suggest given his lifelong ambition to something memorable behind, that an even deeper source of his anxiety was the fear that a wife and family might undermine his concentration and purpose. instead of being a will to read late into the night, to master new subjects to grow the understanding of politics and law, she would be responsible for the life and happiness of a woman who had been accustomed to love and luxury. in the fear that a marriage might enter his career lincoln wasn't alone as legal historians of the period have argued the uncertainty involved in establishing the legal practice caused many to delay wedlock and applied to the law apply even more to politics. as the spirit continued to sink in the melancholy his friends removed sharp objects from his room fearing he might commit suicide. they were departing from springfield and added to the sadness in a conversation both would remember
others suggested he felt love with yet another woman. while that may never be possible to know exactly what was going on in his head, i would suggest given his lifelong ambition to something memorable behind, that an even deeper source of his anxiety was the fear that a wife and family might undermine his concentration and purpose. instead of being a will to read late into the night, to master new subjects to grow the understanding of politics and law, she would be responsible for the life and...
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question here, and i know the woman over there as well. >> hi. thank you so much. this has been really fascinating. um, i was wondering if you guys could tell us if you could set your ideal policy for the war on cocaine specifically and, like, illegality of cocaine in the u.s. right now, like, what would that policy be and how does that fit in with all of this that you've talked about? thank you. >> well, i think you'd get a lot of different responses to that within the drug policy reform movement. and i want to underscore that there is a drug policy reform movement here in this country and also in latin america, and particularly in latin america that wasn't the case a few years ago. with regards to coca, i think it's a no-brainer. there is absolutely no reason coca should be prohibited in international law. there's absolutely no reason that countries like bolivia, peru and colombia should not be allowed to market coca products internationally. there's no reason that coca-cola should not be allowed to use their coca flavoring and, of course other countries should b
question here, and i know the woman over there as well. >> hi. thank you so much. this has been really fascinating. um, i was wondering if you guys could tell us if you could set your ideal policy for the war on cocaine specifically and, like, illegality of cocaine in the u.s. right now, like, what would that policy be and how does that fit in with all of this that you've talked about? thank you. >> well, i think you'd get a lot of different responses to that within the drug policy...
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it was a mixed neighborhood, a lot of working class, folks that i felt as a single woman i had moved into a real community. when it came to california i didn't know anybody and it was within a short period of time that i was in the community and i had a family. and of course the family then that i ended up with was the grateful dead across the street from my third floor walk out. and of course this is the story that has -- i have done a lot of things in my life but nothing that got me more credit than this and especially with my kids, who are almost twice the age that i was when i was living here. so i was a disaster. actually the six-day war, where i lost the guy i thought was going to be my life partner. my life partner of 40 some odd years is sitting over here. and that summer i was supposed to have met him in israel and of course i didn't go because of the six-day war and i was at loose ends, and i ended up, because because the hunt st. clinic -- i don't know if you guys remember the signs that said take the trip to end the trip or love means care. i should have come over to the
it was a mixed neighborhood, a lot of working class, folks that i felt as a single woman i had moved into a real community. when it came to california i didn't know anybody and it was within a short period of time that i was in the community and i had a family. and of course the family then that i ended up with was the grateful dead across the street from my third floor walk out. and of course this is the story that has -- i have done a lot of things in my life but nothing that got me more...
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so as a high school graduate, that means that you lose $700,000 if your woman. for a college graduate, that is $1.2 million. for a professional school graduate, you have $2 million that you have lost. so for lily ledbetter when she discovered that note after 19 years, that meant that she was making 40% less than the other managers doing the exact same job. in other words, she lost over $200,000 in her career and i was not taken into consideration in her retirement and social security. for women of color, those numbers are worse. african-american women earn even less than that. her story is every woman's story. there are over 60 million working women in the workplace. so in these cases, from wall street to wal-mart, it doesn't matter where you look, women are discriminated in the law. here is her story from her point of view. from a woman's experience. so what we did a lot of information in the back of a book about the paycheck paycheck fairness act that still needs to be passed and about pay equity. if you read the story from you also have bad but tuity. if you
so as a high school graduate, that means that you lose $700,000 if your woman. for a college graduate, that is $1.2 million. for a professional school graduate, you have $2 million that you have lost. so for lily ledbetter when she discovered that note after 19 years, that meant that she was making 40% less than the other managers doing the exact same job. in other words, she lost over $200,000 in her career and i was not taken into consideration in her retirement and social security. for women...
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presented themselves before union soldiers, i've trained to perform tasks of all kind of this young woman, identified in the photographs before you only as a washer women who work for the union army and virginia in exchange for sanctuary from their owners. lincoln bus came to recognize this reality and changed course. as you know, he issued his emancipation proclamation. the preliminary were in 1862 in the final one january 1st 1863 declaring the confederacy to be legally free. lincoln's attitude toward its black men serving in uniform changed under the same pressure. during the first phase of the war, his government categorically rebuffed all attempts by black men to join the fight, to showing union armies. but on this question, the need for more soldiers to fight the war ultimately prove decisive. under the pressure coming in and post. from adequately excluding blacks in 1861 and 1862 to recruit enough and soldiers in 1863. at the end of the war, 200,000 black soldiers and sailors had served in the union cause. union policy towards those soldiers and sailors change too. first they were
presented themselves before union soldiers, i've trained to perform tasks of all kind of this young woman, identified in the photographs before you only as a washer women who work for the union army and virginia in exchange for sanctuary from their owners. lincoln bus came to recognize this reality and changed course. as you know, he issued his emancipation proclamation. the preliminary were in 1862 in the final one january 1st 1863 declaring the confederacy to be legally free. lincoln's...
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it was a mixed neighborhood, a lot of working class, folks that i felt as a single woman i had moved into a real community. when it came to california i didn't know anybody and it was within a short period of time that i was in the community and i had a family. and of course the family then that i ended up with was the grateful dead across the street from my third floor walk out. and of course this is the story that has -- i have done a lot of things in my life but nothing that got me more credit than this and especially with my kids, who are almost twice the age that i was when i was living here. so i was a disaster. actually the six-day war, where i lost the guy i thought was going to be my life partner. my life partner of 40 some odd years is sitting over here. and that summer i was supposed to have met him in israel and of course i didn't go because of the six-day war and i was at loose ends, and i ended up, because because the hunt st. clinic -- i don't know if you guys remember the signs that said take the trip to end the trip or love means care. i should have come over to the
it was a mixed neighborhood, a lot of working class, folks that i felt as a single woman i had moved into a real community. when it came to california i didn't know anybody and it was within a short period of time that i was in the community and i had a family. and of course the family then that i ended up with was the grateful dead across the street from my third floor walk out. and of course this is the story that has -- i have done a lot of things in my life but nothing that got me more...
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his grandfather for what we've been told has as many as 15 lives. barack obama himself had -- sr. had four wives. he was divorced from his american wives at two different points but he also -- with a minute, yeah, the word womanizer i didn't feel comfortable using it but he definitely had a lot of women in his life. it hasn't come up except one guy we interviewed said there might be children scattered all over kenya but from his wife's he had eight children and that's really all i've been able to confirm at this point. islamic of those eight are there any talked about in here? katasa not yet, and it's silly interesting they would imply the 13 nomination. the actual half brothers and sisters we will see maybe tomorrow. >> host: you have been asked in many different ways for the remuneration. is that common in the states and how do you handle that? >> guest: it's not common in the states and it's a fascinating -- i don't know if it is a dilemma but i've had to think about different things including cultural values and expectations, with the are giving up to talk to me, and what it m
his grandfather for what we've been told has as many as 15 lives. barack obama himself had -- sr. had four wives. he was divorced from his american wives at two different points but he also -- with a minute, yeah, the word womanizer i didn't feel comfortable using it but he definitely had a lot of women in his life. it hasn't come up except one guy we interviewed said there might be children scattered all over kenya but from his wife's he had eight children and that's really all i've been able...
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the anchor that we felt when a young woman that as a teacher said this generation, this next generation of children will take revenge on those that did not help them. we are selling the wind in syria and we are going to reap the whirlwind, and that will be the increased al qaeda presence and islamist groups which are now flooding into syria as you know 60,000 dead and counting, and the fall of assad is inevitable. you know that assad is thinking about plan b and that is going to the coast and having some cleansing in having our -- allowites. the russians continue to veto every single resolution that might do something about syria, and of course vladimir putin has just enacted one of the most inhumane laws and preventing the americans from adopting the russian children who are deprived of an opportunity of a better life. so, i don't think the status quo in syria is something that we just need to have more conversations about. i think we ought to tell the syrian people we are going to help them or we are not. we know that the supply of arms so they can defend themselves to counter the arm
the anchor that we felt when a young woman that as a teacher said this generation, this next generation of children will take revenge on those that did not help them. we are selling the wind in syria and we are going to reap the whirlwind, and that will be the increased al qaeda presence and islamist groups which are now flooding into syria as you know 60,000 dead and counting, and the fall of assad is inevitable. you know that assad is thinking about plan b and that is going to the coast and...
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another woman over there as well. >> thank you so much. this has been fascinating. i was wondering if you guys to tell us, if you could set your ideal policy for the war on cocaine specifically in the illegality of cocaine in the u.s. right now, with that policy be and how does that fit in with politics that you talked about? >> at think you would get a lot of different responses to that within the drug policy reform movement, and i want to underscore that there is a drug policy reform movement here in this country and also in latin america, particularly in latin america that was not the case a few years ago. it is a no-brainer. absolutely no reason it should be prohibited in international law. no reason that countries like bolivia, peru, and columbia should not be allowed to market coca products internationally. there is no reason that coca-cola should not be allowed to use their flavoring. of course, other countries should be allowed to do the same the amount of cocaine alkaloids in the coca leaf is minuscule, tiny. it is very small. it does not pose any kind of d
another woman over there as well. >> thank you so much. this has been fascinating. i was wondering if you guys to tell us, if you could set your ideal policy for the war on cocaine specifically in the illegality of cocaine in the u.s. right now, with that policy be and how does that fit in with politics that you talked about? >> at think you would get a lot of different responses to that within the drug policy reform movement, and i want to underscore that there is a drug policy...
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and i wondered, as i began to look into her life, what would compel this woman in her 50s leaving -- leading a very comfortable life to become so passionately involved in resurrecting a devastated village. well, rewind which was ages old, the village into which she'd been born, skinnerville, was destroyed in the flood and never rebuilt. so i begin to research the flood as an inroad into belle skinner's story, but hasn't again to learn more about the flood, suddenly william skinner who had until that point been unknown to me began to come alive because he was so alive into so alive in the historic records. he was such a central figure in the disaster that the papers followed his every move, and as i'm reading the papers, suddenly i am following his every move. and then you have the story ended, he became a success. but as i learned about the extraordinary loss he suffered and what it took to get over that, come back from that, i became incredibly impressive with what he been able to achieve. his story is one of resiliency. never give up, obstacles are opportunities. for every problem
and i wondered, as i began to look into her life, what would compel this woman in her 50s leaving -- leading a very comfortable life to become so passionately involved in resurrecting a devastated village. well, rewind which was ages old, the village into which she'd been born, skinnerville, was destroyed in the flood and never rebuilt. so i begin to research the flood as an inroad into belle skinner's story, but hasn't again to learn more about the flood, suddenly william skinner who had until...
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but still, on average, as we know, a -- for every $1 a full-time male worker earns, a woman earns just 77 cents. we've gone from 60 cents in all those 60 years to 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. what that really translates into, you might say well, 77 cents, is that a big deal? yes, it is. over a lifetime of work, it means an average of $400,000 in a lifetime a woman loses because of unequal pay practices. i'll say this again later on, but that $400,000 is not just the pay she loses during her lifetime. think about the retirement benefits that that woman loses because she's been underpaid all those years. so that's why you have the system in america today, women retires, a man retires, have had the same kind of work, the man gets a lot more retirement than a woman because they paid in more because they were paid more during their lifetimes. this system is wrong. it's unjust. it threatens the economic security of our families. the fact is millions of american families are dependent on a woman's paycheck just to get by, to put food on the table, to pay for child care, deal with ri
but still, on average, as we know, a -- for every $1 a full-time male worker earns, a woman earns just 77 cents. we've gone from 60 cents in all those 60 years to 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. what that really translates into, you might say well, 77 cents, is that a big deal? yes, it is. over a lifetime of work, it means an average of $400,000 in a lifetime a woman loses because of unequal pay practices. i'll say this again later on, but that $400,000 is not just the pay she loses...
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the white house counsel is a woman. a woman runs homeland security for this country. secretary napolitano. there are -- you know, there is -- the cabinet secretary in charge of the most important piece of domestic policy legislation in a generation as a woman, kathleen sebelius. and again i would point you to "the new york times" story itself that makes a point that the white house staff is 50/50 in its analysis. and as i said, including valerie jaret they serve as the due to what the administration and i forgot to mention the director of domestic policy, cecilia munoz, white house personnel director nancy. and again, this president is committed to diversity and look at a record. it is a vast improvement. -- these stories are in reaction to a couple of appointments. >> -- treasury, although i know you're not -- >> these stories are the reaction to a couple of appointments. i think it would be useful to wait and make judgments about this issue after the president has made the to tell the appointments that he will make in the transition. >> when you look at the cabinet,
the white house counsel is a woman. a woman runs homeland security for this country. secretary napolitano. there are -- you know, there is -- the cabinet secretary in charge of the most important piece of domestic policy legislation in a generation as a woman, kathleen sebelius. and again i would point you to "the new york times" story itself that makes a point that the white house staff is 50/50 in its analysis. and as i said, including valerie jaret they serve as the due to what the...
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as a woman in milwaukee told us, i feel like i'm just one big crisis away from utter devra -- devastation. she is not alone. according to the tracking index, a percentage of those in middle class who felt secure dropped from 26% to 16% from 2004 to 2010. the numbers are lower for african-american and hispanic middle income families only 10% and 1 # 1% -- 11% respectively. how do middle class families cope? they typically do thee things. one, at least one, and often both wage earners work longer, delay retirement, and many who already retired end up going back to work if they can't find a job. two, they reduce their standard of living and rely on government programs to help them make ends meet, or they take on more debt, borrowing against their homes and 401(k)s, running up credit card balances, taking out loans and borrowing from family members. as a result, the median debt of middle class families increased nearly 3 00% over -- 300% over the past decade. maurnne from milwaukee, a prime example. her husband lost his job, but lost that job in march. working two part-time jobs without benef
as a woman in milwaukee told us, i feel like i'm just one big crisis away from utter devra -- devastation. she is not alone. according to the tracking index, a percentage of those in middle class who felt secure dropped from 26% to 16% from 2004 to 2010. the numbers are lower for african-american and hispanic middle income families only 10% and 1 # 1% -- 11% respectively. how do middle class families cope? they typically do thee things. one, at least one, and often both wage earners work...